56: More Sheep than You Can Count (Transfinite Cardinal Numbers)
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English - January 24, 2021 20:50 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MB - ★★★★ - 316 ratingsMathematics Science math mathematics computer science a.i. machine learning physics science nerdy linguistics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Look at all you phonies out there.
You poseurs.
All of you sheep. Counting 'til infinity. Counting sheep.
*pff*
What if I told you there were more there? Like, ... more than you can count?
But what would a sheeple like you know about more than infinity that you can count?
heh. *pff*
So, like, what does it mean to count til infinity? What does it mean to count more? And, like, where do dimensions fall in all of this?
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(Correction: at 12:00, the paradox is actually due to Galileo Galilei)
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